System and method for video capture and annotation

Abstract

A video capture tool includes a video camera for capturing a communication, a computer receiving a video feed of the video camera, wherein a logical structure of the communication is previously input to the computer as computer readable code, a display, displaying a graphical user interface for annotating the video feed using the computer, wherein the graphical user interface includes a first control embodied in computer readable code executed by the computer for splitting the video feed into at least two portions according to the logical structure of the communication and a second control embodied in computer readable code executed by the computer for annotating at least one of the two portions, and a database embodied in computer readable code for storing an annotated portion of the video feed.

1 . A video capture tool comprising: 
 a video camera for capturing a communication;    a computer receiving a video feed of the video camera, wherein a logical structure of the communication is previously input to the computer as computer readable code;    a display, displaying a graphical user interface for annotating the video feed using the computer, wherein the graphical user interface comprises, 
 a first control embodied in computer readable code executed by the computer for splitting the video feed into at least two portions according to the logical structure of the communication, and  
 a second control embodied in computer readable code executed by the computer for linking at least one of the two portions to a knowledge base; and  
   a database embodied in computer readable code for storing the at least one portion of the video feed.    
   
   
       2 . The video capture tool of  claim 1 , further comprising a third control embodied in computer readable code executed by the computer for annotating the at least one portion of video.  
   
   
       3 . The video capture tool of  claim 1 , wherein the knowledge base includes information corresponding to the communication.  
   
   
       4 . The video capture tool of  claim 1 , wherein the knowledge base is a textual record of the communication.  
   
   
       5 . The video capture tool of  claim 1 , wherein the knowledge base is stored in the database.  
   
   
       6 . The video capture tool of  claim 1 , wherein the second control creates a link displayed on the graphical user interface for retrieving the at least one portion of the video.  
   
   
       7 . A method for video capture comprising: 
 providing a logical structure of a communication;    capturing the communication on video and outputting a corresponding video feed;    receiving the video feed at a computer;    splitting the video feed into at least two portions according to the logical structure of the communication;    linking at least one of the two portions to a knowledge base; and    storing the at least one portion of the video feed.    
   
   
       8 . The method for video capture of  claim 7 , further comprising annotating the at least one portion of video.  
   
   
       9 . The method for video capture of  claim 7 , wherein the knowledge base includes information corresponding to the communication.  
   
   
       10 . The method for video capture of  claim 7 , further comprising providing the knowledge base as a textual record of the communication, wherein the linking is a hyperlink embedded in the textual record.  
   
   
       11 . The method for video capture of  claim 7 , further comprising storing the knowledge base in the database.  
   
   
       12 . The method for video capture of  claim 7 , further comprising creating a link displayed on a graphical user interface for retrieving the at least one portion of the video.  
   
   
       13 . A computer readable medium embodying instructions executable by a processor to perform a method for video capture, the method comprising: 
 providing a logical structure of a communication;    capturing the communication on video and outputting a corresponding video feed;    receiving the video feed at a computer;    splitting the video feed into at least two portions according to the logical structure of the communication;    linking at least one of the two portions to a knowledge base; and    storing the at least one portion of the video feed.    
   
   
       14 . The method for video capture of  claim 13 , further comprising annotating the at least one portion of video.  
   
   
       15 . The method for video capture of  claim 13 , wherein the knowledge base includes information corresponding to the communication.  
   
   
       16 . The method for video capture of  claim 13 , further comprising providing the knowledge base as a textual record of the communication, wherein the linking is a hyperlink embedded in the textual record.  
   
   
       17 . The method for video capture of  claim 13 , further comprising storing the knowledge base in the database.  
   
   
       18 . The method for video capture of  claim 13 , further comprising creating a link displayed on a graphical user interface for retrieving the at least one portion of the video.